Internal Funding Opportunities

VCRI Office – Dr’s Dan Voth and Mohamed Elas

Mechanism	Eligibility	Funding	Scope	Deadline	Website
Development Enhancement Awards for Proposals (DEAP)	Funds scored, unsuccessful federal or foundation proposals for faculty across all UAMS colleges.	≥$200k annual direct costs: Up to $50,000 <$200k annual direct costs: Up to $25,000	Funding to collect additional data to address reviewer comments and strengthen revised DEAP applications.	3 Times a year January 5, May 15, August 15	DEAP
Fellowship Initiative for Research Excellence (FIRE)	Funding to UAMS postdocs and graduate students eligible for individual extramural fellowships.	Application: Up to $500 Awarded Fellowship: $5,000 one-time scholarship	Promotes competitive national fellowship submissions and highlights their value for trainees and mentors.	Rolling/no specific deadline	FIRE

Translation Research Institute

Mechanism	Eligibility	Funding	Scope	Deadline	Website
K12 Mentored Research Career Development Scholar Award)	Full-time Instructor or Assistant Professor at UAMS, ACRI, or CAVHS.	Up to $118,000/year in salary support (including fringe).	Supports early-career faculty pursuing academic careers in multidisciplinary clinical or translational science.	December 15, 2026, 3:00 pm	K12

Cancer Institute

Mechanism	Eligibility	Funding	Scope	Deadline	Website
Shared Resources Voucher	Cancer Institute members	Can request up to $5,000 to access feefor-service shared resources.	To accelerate the collection of data for NCI grant submissions and cancer-relevant publications	Rolling/no specific deadline	Shared Resources Voucher

College of Medicine

Mechanism	Eligibility	Funding	Scope	Deadline	Website
COM core facility Voucher program	COM faculty	COM faculty may submit an application up to $2,500 to access recharge core facilities.	Supports data collection to secure new extramural funding or peer-reviewed publications.	Rolling/no specific deadline	Voucher